Glorimala

Glorimala is a territory in Maia. It's people inhabit a barren, sandy hellscape, and have only recently made it a more hospitable territory.

Glorimala's spokesperson is Joanne the Scammer.

Origins
Glorians, before they were Glorians, hailed from Titiusa, a land filled with crops and water, before they were banished to Glorimala, an infamously barren island, for heinous crimes. A few honorless criminals, after a few years, became mothers and fathers. Those families became ancestors, and what were the criminals of Titiusa became proud Glorians.

People
The Glorians are a people of innovation and tenacity. They are self-righteous and willing to fight over just-about anything.

All Glorians are dark-skinned (due to genetics as well as being out in the sun for so long) and generally have light-hair and dark eyes.

Culture
Food: Glorians value sustenance over taste. As long as their stomachs do not ache when they are done, they are pleased with the with what food they are given.

Entertainment: Glorians fancy aggressive means of entertainment. Bloodsport is a favorite of many.

Family: Most Glorians stay with their mothers and fathers for their whole lives, and keep everything, including marriage, within the family. Family is the utmost important thing to Glorians.

Government
Glorimala's control is almost equally dispersed through the people through respect and age and, like most things, kept within the family. The eldest family member is the head of the family, and each family has an elder. The oldest person in a city is the elder of the city, so one. Female elders have more power than male elders. Elder Liolarn is the oldest woman on Glorimala and so holds diplomatic power, but no real legislative control, that's left to a 21 member council. Elder Liolarn has the respect of the people, but cannot control them.

Climate
An average temperature of 102° F (39° C) in the daylight and 25° F (-4° C) made it hard for the first generations of Glorians to do anything close to surviving.

With all things scarce, the Glorians have had a tough-time thriving. The first generations strived to survive, and succeeded through inventive tactics. Solar stills, among other inventions have kept the Glorians alive for generations. Glorians are as hot-blooded as their territory.

Diplomacy
Elder Liolarn has made great diplomatic strides between the Maian people and the Glorians. With a relatively friendly relationship between Glorimala and Maia, Glorians are slowly becoming for technologically advanced through imports, as well as losing their traditional values. In an attempt to show their reinvented selves off, Elder Liolarn entered Glorimala into the second Maia Song Contest.

Most of Glorimala see this new liberalism as a bad thing.